Tears of the Kingdom Complete Strategy Guide – Quests, Shrines, & Full TotK Walkthrough

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the newest entry in the Nintendo franchise, and it is now available on Nintendo Switch. This sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sees players once againsu return to the open world of Hyrule, only this time there are new challenges and dangers to face. With new enemies, items, and abilities, the return of fan-favorite characters, and the series’ big bad Ganondorf, Tears of the Kingdom will surely have fans busy exploring for dozens of hours.

** This Guide is currently in progress, and will continue to update as new info becomes available**

Tears of the Kingdom is full of new and returning features that will make exploring the land, skies, and undergrounds of Hyrule an exciting one. You’ll have the chance to conquer Sky Islands, solve intriguing puzzles, experiment with crafting, and create fused weapons and vehicles. This complete guide for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will give you all the information you need to journey successfully through this sequel to Breath of the Wild.

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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Walkthrough Guides

Below you’ll find all the guides available for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. These will help explain certain mechanics, give tips on crafting and cooking, detail how to find specific locations and help players track down materials.

Tears of the Kingdom Basic Guides and Tips

• Every Ability & How To Unlock Them
• Beginner Guide – Where to Go First In Hyrule
• All Purah Pad Upgrades & How to Get Them
• How to Get The Paraglider
• How to Get & Use The Travel Medallion
• How to Get Best Royal Guard Weapons Early
• All Combat Movements & Strategies
• Camera Location & How to Unlock It
• How to Fast Travel
• How to Make a Boat
• How to Shield Surf
• How To Get The Hylian Shield
• How to Farm Pristine Weapons
• How To Repair Weapon Durability
• Hyrule Castle Sanctum Weapons & Chests
• How To Get The Archaic Shirt & Pants
• Best Easy Vehicle Blueprint Ideas
• All Sage Powers & How to Get Them
• How To Use Sage’s Will & What It Does
• Best Early Armor, Shields & Fuse Ideas
• All Fish Locations & Where to Find Them
• All Sky Island Chest Locations
• How to Get & Use Autobuild
• How to Fuse Items to Arrows
• How to Unfuse Items
• How to Farm Rupees
• How to Get & Use Poes
• How to Cross Broken Rails
• How to Cure Gloom
• How to Find & Defeat to Battle Talus
• Flux Construct Core Uses & Fuse Bonuses
• How to Find & Use Bubbul Gems
• How to Get Falling Stars
• How to Find The Hidden Treasure at Lizard Lakes
• Where to Get Clean Weapons
• Where To Get The Dusk Claymore
• How to Get The 5 Shot Lynel Bow
• How to Change Your Glider Fabric
• How Much Time Passed Between BotW and TotK
• How to Climb Wet Walls in TotK
• How to Put The Hylian Hood Up or Down
• What To Do with Ring Garlands
• When do Blood Moons Rise?
• How to farm Bomb Flowers
• Is The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Sold Out?
• Are There Guardians in Hyrule?
• Are ReDead in Totk?
• How To Buy & Build a House
• Does Zelda Stay A Dragon in TotK?
• All Amiibos & Rewards

Tears of the Kingdom Horse Guides

• All Stable Locations
• All Mount & Horse Locations
• How to Use Towing Harness on Horse
• How to get Pony Points
• How to Get Zelda’s Golden Horse
• How to Find Malanya The Horse God
• How to Summon Satori

All Zonai Device guides for Tears of the Kingdom

• All Zonai Device Dispenser Locations
• All Zonai Devices & All Uses
• How to Use The Wings Zonai Device
• How To Build The Best Air Bike

Tears of the Kingdom Armor, Recipe & Crafting Guides

• All Armor Sets in TotK & How To Get Them
• All Fruit Types & Where to Find Them
• All Construct Materials & Where to Find Them
• Tears of the Kingdom – Every Cooking Recipe & How to Make Them
• Where To Find All Gems & Minerals
• Where to Find All Plants, Flowers & Mushrooms
• Elixir Recipes & How To Make Them
• All Monster Parts & How to Get Them
• All Gemstone Locations & Fuse Bonuses
• All Fish Types & Where to Find Them
• Where to Find Billson Mushrooms
• Where to Farm Golden Apples & Best Recipes
• How to Get Sun Pumpkins
• How to Find Diamond Locations
• How to Get Dinraal’s Claw
• How to Find & Use Talus Hearts
• How to Get the BotW Well-Worn Hair Band & Tunic of Memories Armor
• How to Get the Champion’s Leathers Armor
• How To Get The Zora Armor
• How To Get The Zora Armor Set
• How to Find Frostbite Armor Set
• How To Get The Phantom Armor Set
• How To Get Flamebreaker Armor
• How to Find & Get The Royal Armor Set
• How To Get the Evil Spirit Armor Set
• How to Find Ancient Hero’s Aspect Armor
• How to Get the Armor of the Sky
• How to Get the Armor of the Hero Set
• How to Find the Fierce Deity Armor Set and Sword
• How to Get The Cece Hat
• How to Find Sheik’s Mask
• Master Sword Damage & Best Fuse Items
• Master Sword Location & Stamina Amount To Get It
• Do Weapons Respawn?

Tears of the Kingdom Storage, Health, & Stamina Upgrades

• How To Increase Storage Capacity
• All Heart Container Upgrades
• How to Find All Goddess Statues Locations
• All Korok Seed Locations
• How to Increase Zonai Battery Charge
• All Great Fairy Fountain Locations
• How to Respec and Swap Hearts and Stamina

Tears of the Kingdom Shrine Locations & Quests

• All Shrine Locations & Strategies
• All Well Locations
• All Lightroot Locations In The Depths
• How to Get To Sikatag Lightroot
• How to Find First Shrine on Great Sky Island
• How to Find Second Shrine on Great Sky Island
• How To Find Third Shrine on Great Sky Island
• How to Find Fourth Shrine on Great Sky Island
• How to Complete Yamiyo Shrine
• How to Complete Tukarok Shrine
• How to Complete Jiosin Shrine
• How to Complete Mayachin Shrine
• How to Complete Yamiyo Shrine
• How to Find & Complete the Serutabomac Shrine
• How to Find & Complete Kyokugon Shrine
• How to Find & Complete Sinakawak Shrine
• How to Find & Complete Runakit Shrine
• How to Find & Complete Mogawak Shrine
• How to Find & Complete Kiuyoyou Shrine
• How to Find & Complete Mayaumekis Shrine
• How to Find & Complete Riogok Shrine
• How to Find and Complete Otak Shrine
• How To Complete Zakusu Shrine
• How To Complete Mayamats Shrine
• How To Complete Tenmaten Shrine
• How to Complete Gatanisis Shrine
• How To Complete Kikakin Shrine
• How To Complete Mayachideg Shrine
• How To Complete Sifumim Shrine
• How To Complete Sikukuu Shrine
• How to Complete the Tenmaten Shrine
• How to Complete the Mayam Shrine
• How to Find & Solve the Kimayat Shrine Puzzle
• How to Solve the South Hyrule Sky Archipeligo Puzzle
• How to Complete The Closed Door
• How to Sneak Up On The Zora Kids
• How To Clean The Sludge In Zora’s Domain
• How to Complete Out of the Inn
• How to Find Koltin & Unlock Monster Armor
• How to Find & Complete Courage Island
• How to Complete Gloom-Borne Illness
• How to Complete The Mayoral Election Quest
• How To Complete A Token Of Friendship Quest
• How To Complete The Never-Ending Lecture Quest
• How to Complete The High Spring and the Light Rings
• How to Complete Teach Me a Lesson I
• How to Complete The White Birds of Guidance
• How to Complete Goddess Statue of Power Quest
• How to Complete Serenade to a Giant Fairy
• How to Find & Solve The Beast and The Princess Quest
• How to Complete The North Lomei Prophecy
• How to Complete Mattison’s Independence
• How to Complete Lost in the Dunes
• How To Complete A Wife Wafted Away Quest
• How to Complete Messages from an Ancient Era
• How to Complete A Call from the Depths
• How to Complete Eldin’s Colossal Fossil
• How to Complete The Horse Guard’s Request
• How to Complete White Goats Gone Missing
• How to Complete Simmerstone Springs
• Tears of the Kingdom: How to Complete The Lomei Labyrinth Island Prophecy Side Quest
• Tears of the Kingdom: How to Complete The South Lomei Prophecy Side Quest
• Guidance From Ages Past Quest Guide, How To Complete Construct Factory
• Decorate With Passion Quest Steps & Weapon Solution
• A Trip Through History Quest Steps & Ruin Ring Locations

Tears of the Kingdom Location Guides

• How to Get To Sky Islands
• All Skyview Tower Locations
• All Geoglyph Locations & How to Find Every Dragon Tear
• All Bargainer Statue Locations
• All Lightroot Locations In The Depths
• All Frox Locations In The Depths With Maps
• All Legacy of the Rito Material Locations
• All Dragon Locations & Travel Patterns
• All Gleeok Locations & Battle Strategies
• All Hinox Locations
• Light Dragon Location & Flight Path
• How To Get To Dragonhead Island & What’s There
• All Satori Cherry Blossom Trees Locations & Coordinates
• How to Find All Forge Construct Locations
• Where to Find the Forgotten Temple
• Treasure of the Secret Springs Location
• How to Find All Underground Cave Locations
• How to Unlock Robbie’s Hateno Village Research Lab
• How To Get To Rito Village
• How to Find The Korok Forest
• How to Find All Villages
• How to Get Inside Sahasra Slope Skyview Tower
• How to Find & Unlock Popla Foothills Skyview Tower
• How to Unlock Upland Zorana Skyview Tower
• How to Fix Thyphlo Ruins Skyview Tower
• How to find the Woodland Stable
• How to get to Tarrey Town
• How to Find Snowfield Stable
• How to Find Toto Lake
• How to Find & Enter the Lost Woods
• How to Find Toto Lake
• How to Find Secret Treasure under the Great Fish
• How to Find Goddess Statues of Power, Wisdom, and Courage
• Where to find the Lucky Clover Gazette in Tears of the Kingdom

Tears of the Kingdom Temple Guides

• Temple Order Guide for TotK
• How To Get To The Wind Temple
• How to Complete Wind Temple & Unlock All Gears
• How to Complete Water Temple & Clear Faucets
• How to Complete Fire Temple & Unlock All Padlocks
• How To Complete Lightning Temple & Find Batteries

Tears of the Kingdom Boss Guides

• How to Find & Unlock All Elite Enemies
• How To Beat a Silver Lynel Without Taking Damage
• How To Beat Mucktorok
• How To Beat Sludge Like
• How To Beat Queen Gibdo
• How to Defeat Flux Construct I
• How to Defeat Flux Construct II
• How To Beat Moragia
• How To Beat Marbled Gohma
• How to Find & Defeat to Battle Talus

Where to find All Characters in Tears of the Kingdom

• How to Find Sidon
• How to find King Dorephan
• How to Find Tulin on Hebra South Summit
• Is Kass the Rito Bard in TotK?

Everything to Know about Tears of the Kingdom

Tears of the Kingdom is the direct sequel to 2017’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and sees players once again take on the role of Link, a brave knight who saved the kingdom of Hyrule from a terrible fate. In this Sequel, Ganondorf has returned to wreak havoc on Hyrule again. With the world in disarray following Ganondorf’s return, huge land masses have ascended to the sky, and powerful enemies and challenges have once again called for Link’s abilities and powers. Only the Hero of Hyrule can rescue the princess and truly free the kingdom from a terrible fate.

Players will have plenty to do in Tears of the Kingdom, as Link’s new adventure will take him across a reshaped Hyrule, with the land, skies, and undergrounds all waiting to be explored. There are tons of new locations and puzzles to solve, and abilities to unlock.

What to Do First in Tears of the Kingdom

With the sheer size and scale of Tears of the Kingdom, it’s understandable that players will be unsure where to start or what to do first. We recommend that once you finish the tutorial area and are in Hyrule, head to Lookout Landing and follow the main story until you finish Purah’s questline. This will give you access to the Paraglider like in Breath of the Wild and make exploring the world of Hyrule much easier.

We also recommend you favor hearts over stamina for the early parts of the game, since the game doesn’t pull many punches and you’ll be dealing with strong enemies relatively early, so it will give you some more survivability. Similarly, be sure to pick up the Hylian Armor found in Lookout Landing to give you some extra defense. As for weapons, you can head to Hyrule Castle to get yourself some high-power gear, which is possible thanks to the Lookout Landing Skyview Tower and some stamina food and elixirs.

Beyond that, it’s really up to you where you want to explore and what you want to do, but these few tips can help make your adventure a little easier when you first jump into the game.

What Are Fans and Critics Saying About Tears of the Kingdom?

The reception to Tears of the Kingdom has been overwhelmingly positive. As of writing the game is sitting on a 96 on Metacritic and has been inundated with high review scores, a majority being 10/10. The game goes for user scores, which are sitting at 8.7, with over 3500 positive reviews.

Many have praised its wealth of content and focus on player creativity and exploration, building upon the already excellent foundation that its 2017 predecessor Breath of the Wild created. It also has been praised for its great story, characters, and quality of life improvements. It’s very clear to many players and fans that Tears of the Kingdom have some serious game-of-the-year potential.

What’s the difference between BotW and TotK?

There are some notable differences between the two games, namely the size, and scale of their worlds. Breath of the Wild was already the biggest world we had seen in a Zelda title, but Tears of the Kingdom has taken that title and expanded the world massively. As well as the lands of Hyrule, players can explore the skies above the kingdom on the Sky Islands, massive chunks of land suspended high above Hyrule, each with unique challenges and rewards for players to find. Additionally, the has expanded into the underground of Hyrule with the Depths. a series of caves and underground areas that boost tons of challenges and rewards for players who dare to dive into them.

Players also have a wealth of new abilities compared to Breath of the Wild, including the Ultrahand ability, which lets players combine objects into unique creations such as flying machines and vehicles to use during their adventures. They also have Fuse, which combines weapons and materials together to make them more powerful and offers unique effects, Ascend to jump through roofs, caves, and cages and appear on the other side, and Recall to rewind an object in time.

On top of that, there are tons of new materials, weapons, armor, and Zonai Deivces, the unique mechanical elements players can use to create outlandish tools, vehicles, and objects to find and discover. Add to that new stories, quests, and characters, and you have a wholly different and expanded version of Hyrule for players to enjoy in Tears of the Kingdom.